Daniel Martín García (born 19 February 1977) is a Spanish singer. He was the vocalist of the Spanish

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band

El Canto del Loco El Canto del Loco (''The Singing of the Madman'' in English) was a Spanish pop rock band, although its members recognize that some of their songs are more in the style of power pop. The name of the band comes from the song ''El Canto del Gallo'' ...

(ECDL).

Biography

He was born on 19 February 1977 in Alcobendas, a city in the province of

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

. When he was a child, he used to imitate his favorite artists in the living room and started to dream about creating his own band. As he was not a really good student, he started to work with his father and, at the same time, he began to study at the Drama School William Layton. Later, Dani decided to attend prestigious Drama School Cristina Rota, where he got his first jobs as a stage actor. The first time he appeared on television was with Martes y 13 in a show prepared for New Year’s Eve. Then, he presented a program called ''Ponte las Pilas''. He has acted in several films, such as ''Sirenas'' by Fernando Leon de Aranoa, ''Sin vergüenza'' by Joaquín Oristrell, Auger Carlos Villaverde, Manuel Sanabria, and ''Yo soy la Juani'' by

Bigas Luna José Juan Bigas Luna (19 March 1946 – 5 April 2013) was a Spanish film director, designer and artist. His films are typically characterised by a strong emphasis on the erotic, often related to food, something for which he admitted a strong pa ...

. He was also acted in TV series such as ''

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'', ''Policías, en el corazón de la calle'', '' Raquel busca su sitio'', ''Petra Delicado'', ''7 vidas'', ''Hospital Central'', ''Los hombres de Paco'' and a small role in the movie ''Broken Embraces'', directed by

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. In 2000, Dani Martin created the music band

and he started to combine his job as an actor with his new job as a singer. Between 2007-2008 he starred in a series called ''Cuenta Atrás'', in which he played the role of an impulsive police chief inspector called Paul Corso. Dani Martin decided to leave the series in order to devote himself completely to the group El Canto del Loco.

Discography

Albums

;with

*2000: ''El Canto del Loco'' *2002: ''A contracorriente'' *2003: ''Estados de ánimo'' *2005: ''Zapatillas'' *2008: ''Personas'' *2009: ''Radio la colifata presenta: El Canto del Loco'' ;Solo *2010: ''Pequeño'' *2011: ''Pequeño... (Tesoro), Las Maquetas de Pequeño'' *2013: ''Dani Martín'' *2016: ''La Montaña Rusa'' *2017: ''Grandes Éxitos y Pequeños Desastres'' *2020: ''Lo Que Me Dé La Gana'' *2021: ''No, no Vuelve''

Singles

*2010: "16 añitos" *2010: "Mira la vida" *2011: "Mi lamento" (a tribute to his sister, who died on 2009 at the age of 34) *2011: "Cero" *2013: "Caminar" *2013: "Qué bonita la vida" *2014: "Emocional" *2014: "Mi Teatro" *2016: "Las ganas" *2016: "Los charcos" *2018: "Dieciocho" *2019: "La mentira" *2020: "Los huesos" (ft.

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) *2021: "Portales" *2021: "No, no vuelve"

Filmography

Films

* '' El 92 cava con todo'' (1991) * '' Sirenas'' (1994) * '' Perdón, perdón'' (1998) * ''

Sobreviviré Sobreviviré (English: ''I Will Survive'') is a 1999 comedy-drama romantic comedy directed by Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes, starring Emma Suárez and Juan Diego Botto, playing a straight woman and a gay man who fall in love. The film and es ...

'' (1999) * '' Sin vergüenza'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' I Love You Baby'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2003, European Spanish dub) * '' Sinfín'' (2005) * '' Torrente 3: El protector'' (2005) * ''

Yo soy la Juani ''My Name Is Juani'' ( es, Yo soy la Juani, links=no) is a 2006 Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna. Verónica Echegui stars as the title character alongside Dani Martín and Laya Martí. Plot Juani comes from a very poor background, havin ...

'' (2006) * '' El Canto del Loco: la película'' (2009) * '' Los Abrazos Rotos'' (2009)

Television

* '' Ponte las pilas'' (1991–1992) * '' ¡Ay, Señor, Señor!'' (1 episode, 1995) * ''

'' (2 episodes, 1998) * ''

El comisario ''El comisario'' is a Spanish police drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on Telecinco. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an ensemble cast with the likes of Tito Valverde, Juanj ...

'' (1 episodio, 1999) * ''

Policías, en el corazón de la calle ''Policías, en el corazón de la calle'' or simply ''Policías'' is a Spanish police drama television series. Produced by Globomedia, its 6 seasons aired from January 2000 to January 2003 on Antena 3. Premise The fiction was set around a pol ...

'' (1 episode, 2000) * ''

Hospital Central ''Hospital Central'' ("Central Hospital"; previously ''Línea Roja'') is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco ...

'' (1 episode, 2000) * '' Raquel busca su sitio'' (15 episodes, 2000) * ''

7 vidas ''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, whe ...

'' (1 episodio, 2004) * '' Latrelevisión'' (1 episodio, 2005) * '' Cuenta atrás'' (2007–2008) * '' Los hombres de Paco'' (2009)

References

External links

Official page of Dani Martin

Official page of El Canto del Loco

The internet movie database
- Martín's filmography.
VOY Plaza
- 2006 news article about the band.
English Language El Canto Del Loco Fan Site
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